psychedelics

Psilocybin Helps With Major Depressive Disorder, Research Finds

When a group of adults with depression were given psilocybin, they saw much bigger improvements in their mental health compared…

September 7, 2023

Inside a Dutch Smartshop’s Harm Reduction Approach

Three 18-year-old kids shuffle into Herbal Spirit, a smartshop in The Hague, on the Netherlands coast. One of them, clearly…

September 5, 2023

Oregon Psilocybin Centers Are Open. Here’s What We Know About Them.

Almost three years after Oregon voters approved psilocybin legalization for healing purposes, centers offering mushrooms are now open to the…

August 29, 2023

“Acid Flashbacks” Are a Disorder of Prohibition

Around the summer of 2019, I was interviewed for a job in “B2B communications.” The meeting rooms were fashionable and…

August 29, 2023

“Record High” Adult Cannabis, Psychedelics Use—But Teen Use Stable

While underage marijuana use has remained stable amid the legalization movement, a new federally funded study shows that adult consumption…

August 18, 2023

Why Indigenous Protesters Stopped a Global Psychedelic Conference

Early this summer, the Psychedelic Science conference brought 12,000 people to Denver, Colorado, to participate in a dizzying array of…

August 17, 2023

California’s Evolving Bill to Decriminalize Psychedelics

A California lawmaker continues working on an effort to decriminalize and legalize psychedelics in California, having already tried twice in…

August 10, 2023

PAC-Backed Psychedelic Ballot Bid a “Distraction,” Say MA Activists

A Washington, DC political action committee (PAC) is backing a bid for a psychedelic ballot measure in Massachusetts—seemingly without consulting…

July 26, 2023

The Psychedelic Preparedness Scale: A Tool to Optimize Trip Outcomes

The journey itself is only one part of the psychedelic experience. But while many people are now recognizing the need…

July 17, 2023

Berkeley Vote Spreads Psychedelic Decriminalization in the Bay Area

City lawmakers in Berkeley, California have voted to decriminalize naturally occurring psychedelic drugs. It means local police will be advised…

July 14, 2023